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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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When your first female friend shows you that change can be good as well as nervous making - Friends With Boys by Faith Erin Hicks

His apology had been genuine. - Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger

Did she kill him or nah? - Silent Victim by Caroline Mitchell

We will do what others expect of us. - The Other Wes Moore: One Name Two Fates by Wes Moore

Everybody judges from the point of view of his own inadequacy. - Holiday by Stanley Middleton

…we would never outgrow the cautionary tales. - Whisper Network by Chandler Baker

Psychos and killers and worms, oh my! - The Troop by Nick Cutter

Hopefully Third Time’s The Charm ‘Cause Two Not So Much - Hope Rides Again by Andrew Shaffer

“I try not to expect people to be who I wish them to be, rather than who they are.” (Bingo #2) - A Conspiracy in Belgravia (Lady Sherlock #2) by Sherry Thomas

But no one else seemed to want to vomit around her. - One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Winners Take All - Casino by Nicholas Pileggi

Spring has sprung, time to make some magic - The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo

Swim little duck….! - Swim Swim Sink by Jenn Harney

Pride and Vanity - The Fate of Fausto: A Painted Fable by Oliver Jeffers

It was his only pause. - From a Buick 8 by Stephen King

Elementary, My Dear Watson - A Study In Scarlett by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Old Letters - Letters to Phil: Memories of a New York Boyhood 1848 - 1856 by Gene Shermerhorn

No need to fret Ruby - Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival

This was very smouldery but I am being picky - When He Was Wicked (Bridgertons #6) by Julia Quinn

This series is turning out to be a little addictive - The Desert Spear by Peter V Brett

When all else failed, the mundane remained - Transcription by Kate Atkinson

Feelings, nothing more than feelings (or Angry Eyes) - Little Unicorn Is Angry by Aurelie Chien Cheow Chine

I Needed to Understand the Culture More….Maybe…. - Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

All in the Family - The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz

She’d only kill when it came easy. - Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

He was afraid of offending her because he was suddenly afraid of everything. - The Farewell Waltz by Milan Kundera

The god who controls time has seen fit to play fool with me. - The Industry of Souls by Martin Booth

My unpopular take on a classic - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

On Antarctica No One Can Hear You Scream - Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

“This is a war story. It was not meant to be. It started as a love story, the story of a marriage.” - The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer

“The truth can cause a lot of trouble for those who are not supposed to know it.” - The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

Wild Game is a Wild Ride - Wild Game : My Mother, Her Lover, and Me by Adrienne Brodeur

Crime, Boy I Don’t Know - The Galton Case by Ross Macdonald

Snakes, explosions, poisoning (several), hot British boys and really smart birds… - Weekend by Christopher Pike

It’s all about you - Remarkably You by Pat Zietlow Miller; Celebrate You! by Sherri Duskey Rinker

Left wanting more… (and hooray – this completes two bingo lines!) - The Eye of the Heron by Ursula K Le Guin

It’s the most wonderful time of year when that day called Halloween comes around - Snowmen at Halloween by Caralyn M. Buehner

A little bit romance, history, and ghost story - Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley

HOLD UP. This is the first of a trilogy? Yikes. Part of me wants to know more, and part of me is just too tired. - Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

This venture led to another, even more lucrative one… - Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

Pretty Boring Ghost Story - The Invited by Jennifer McMahon

Not a Great Homage to And Then There Were None - The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

Meh - Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

His own beauty, such as it was, had certainly consumed away some time ago. - An Unofficial Rose by Iris Murdoch

That science fiction is not only didactic, but very often awed, worshipful, and religious in tone. - To Write Like a Woman by Joanna Russ

Civilization sucks - Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

On The Avenue - Losers Live Longer by Russell Atwood

Magic and War Collide - The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden

A Darker, Grittier Approach to YA Fantasy - This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab

Pretty Practical Stuff Here - Advice for Future Corpses by Sallie Tisdale

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